:05:12
Pygmies.
:05:18
Otis, hush, hush.
:05:23
- Can I help you?
- Carolyn Schaffer?
:05:25
I'm Agent Kellaway. This is Agent Cole.
We're from the Federal Trade Commission.
:05:29
Sorry to disturb you.
We'd like to ask you a few questions.
:05:33
- Is everything all right?
- We hope so.
:05:35
Mrs. Schaffer, can you tell us exactly
what the man said on the phone?
:05:40
He said that there'd been a contest,
and I had won a prize.
:05:43
There'd be a drawing next week,
and I'd win...
:05:45
...either a Chevy Blazer,
a diamond necklace...
:05:48
...or a trip to Italy or France.
I don't remember.
:05:51
And that if I bought one of their filtration
things, I wouldn't have to pay the tax.
:05:56
- Jesus, Carolyn.
- I wanted to surprise you.
:05:59
I'm sorry to tell you this, ma'am,
but you won't be receiving any prize.
:06:03
And I'm sorry to tell you
that you've been the victim of fraud.
:06:07
Otis, knock it off.
:06:08
It's not the newest swindle
in the world.
:06:11
They bait you with something bogus,
then sell you something worthless.
:06:15
How much did you give them,
Mrs. Schaffer?
:06:19
Seven hundred dollars.
:06:21
- What's it worth?
- At any hardware store, 50 bucks.
:06:24
Jesus, Carolyn.
:06:26
But we've met people
who paid twice what you did.
:06:28
- Really?
- Yeah.
:06:30
You wrote a check, ma'am?
:06:32
Did you mail it to them?
:06:35
No, a courier picked it up.
:06:39
What?
:06:40
If they'd used the postal system,
it's mail fraud and we can go after them.
:06:45
Otherwise, there's not a lot we can do.
:06:48
- Unless...
- Unless what?
:06:50
Well, a lot of these whack jobs...
:06:54
...work in syndicates. If they cashed
your check out of state, it's federal.
:06:58
But we'd need a signed clearance
from you...